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Newspaper Page Textthe Weather Forecast: Fair tonlrht and Friday, wKh tot- little change In tempera ture. Hlfhest yesterday Lowest this mornlnf a M EDFORD Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1934. No. 220. v MiSLfll gys AGED AND INFIRM' MBfr SUDDENLY EXILED LEAGUE INFORMED Paul MalloD By PA IX SIMAON Copyright, 1934, By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, Dec. (.The gov ernment Itself learns something new about governing every day. -mere is lor instance, tna case of the fed eral trade com mission invr . -gating the tex tile mill profits. As an after math of the tex tile strike the commission was ' directed by the president to study operations and profits of all textile mills. Tt fnlled to set any response to 1th questionnaires from about 300 firms. . In checking up on the recalcit rants two commission account went to New Jersey where many small tex tile firms operate. Some have as few as 6 to 10 looms in an old house somewhere, yet their incomes often run as high as $5,000 to 6.000 a year. With the cooperation of a textile association, the government agents got reports from about 40 firms, but could do nothing with Hie others be cause they kept no bocks. Informed of this the commission here wired back: "Tell them to glvo us Information from their Income tax returns." When the agents went to the as sociation with this proposal, the sec retary threw his hands in the air and exclaimed: 'Most of these fellows don't file anv tax returns I" It would be worth while to see Treasury Secretary Morgonthau ex plode when he hears about the tex tile tax evasions. The mere mention of the phrase "tax evasion" sends him Into snasmsL, Beforo ;. he,,-ge$ through we will probibly have In spectors out ringing door bells and searching houses to see If the tax payers are holding out anything. ' The tax lawyers hero are up in arms about many of his recent rul ings, especially as regards estates tax collections. Several decisions are be ing appealed. Some of Mr. Morgenthau's suspi cions appear be Justified. The little textile operators have not been detected before because they could move from place to place, state to state, before the tax collectors could catch up with them. But the cost to ..mamt nf collecting the tax probably will be greater than the amount ui . Also the temptation for Internal revenue bureau workers Is great. It may come out soon that a clever scheme was worked by one bureau sub-official. He looked over assess ments. When he came to a particu larly juicy one, he filed It tempor arily on the top shelf. Then he scrib bled a. note to a close friend who is a tax attorney of a sort In New York. The lawyer friend called on the tax payer and suggested a contingent fee arrangement to get the assessment lowered. . ,, It was a good" business while It lasted. The Borah-i .etcher row about who Is going to run the republican party was largely encouraged by news to keep things Interesting during the oull pre-holldr.y season. There Is a sound basis for It all right, but as every Insider knows, the question Is now purely academ c. This may be the time to talk about reorganising but it Is not the time to do the reorganising. Senator Borah's game Is to stir up the animals and bring long-range pressure on Chairman Fletcher In preparation for the ultimate reor gsnlratlon. To a certain exten t. Mr. Fletcher Is Mr. WIN end Mr. HI l.es is the conservative elemrrtt of tnc p.rty. They will havo to make con cessions to Borah in whatever de gree he I. successful In stirring up the party, but they do not Intend to abdicate. o-h Mr. Borah Is still Just Mr. Borah. His crowd in the senate has gone democratic, but his wisdom will ap peal to party followers who want a fhsnge. r ,? Drastic Order Will Force 27,000 From Borders 2000 Already Deported Some Without ' Country Champion Steer Brings $3 Pound At Chicago Show ' CHICAGO, DM. 6. (P) "Gam ut Idol," th grand champion steer of the 35th Jntenn.tloi.tS Livestock exposition, was bought at auction for 93 a. pound today by the Korger Grocery and Baking company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The price was more than double the 91-30 a pound bid for the Brlarctllf Model' last year. It was the fifth time In the histo.7 of the sale that price reached 3. "Campus Idol" weighed 1,144 pounds t sale, and will bring lrs owner, Iowa State college at Amos. 3.433. GENEVA. Dec. (AP) The Hungarian government Inform ed the league of nations today that Yugoslavia had suddenly ex iled 900 persons. Including wo men, and children, aged and In firm. The Hungarian statement It Is expected, will be taken up to morrow by the 4engtie council. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Deo. . (AP) The Yugoslav government, it was announced today, has decided to expel all the 27,000 Hungarians now living in Yugoslavia. The government decision means that the uprooting of the entire Hungarian element in Yugoslavia. ' It was stated authoritatively by expulsion will be a gradual process but will proceed relentlessly. About 300 luckless former Hun garians have found themselves with out a country. This group was com posed of men and women who re nounced Hungarian citizenship pre paratory to becoming Yugoslavs. Hungary has thrown them out and Yugoslavia will not permit them to return. They are living In three trains stranded In "no man's lond" at the Hungarian-Yugoslav frontier. BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 8. (AP) The Hungarian government de cided today to place before the league of nations the expulsion and alleged ill-treatment of hundreds of Hun garian citizens by Yugoslavia. There has been tension, between the countries since the assassin a tlbn of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and the subsequent Yugoslav charge at Geneva that Hungary was involved in the crime. A government spokesman said Hungary would be justified in ex pelling Yugoslav citizens living in this country but would not resort to this reprisal until the matter is aired at Geneva. FOR LOSI FLIERS: HONOLULU, Dec. 0. f AP) Weay but willing naval searchers went on relentlessly today In the hunt tor Plight Lieutenant Chas. P. Ulm and two companions, missing since Tues- day when lack of fuel forced their trans-Pacific monoplane into the ocean. Pilots of a dozen navy seaplanes were ready to take off at dawn to retrace courses over 200,000 square mucs ot tne adjacent Pacific which has been combed the last two days lor tne ill-fated filers. Not until all hope has -vanished will the search end. Chances dwindled, however, aa the hours piled up past the time It was believed the "Star of Australia" could remain afloat with Ulm, Co-Pllot Oeorge Llttlejohn and Navigator J. L. Skllllng. The trio had no llfe-sav-lng equipment to take to when waves engulfed their plane. HOTEL ST. FRANCIS PATRONS ROUTED BY MORNING FIRE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. (AP) A five alarm fire routed hundreds of guests from their beda In the smart St. Francis Hotel early today before firemen brought the blaM under control half an hour after lb broke out at 5:46 a.m. Residents In the popular down town hostelry were awakened by the shouts of firemen and calls of room clerks and hurried Into the lobby in various staRea of attire. Firemen 6aid the blaze was checked so quickly they never were-In any real danger and sent them back to their roonu not long after they were awakened. Manager Jamea McCabe said dam-' age . probably, would be confined to, the popular colonial ball room and the Italian room, both on the mez zanine floor where the fire atarted. apparently In a pantry. McCabe de clined to estimate the amount ot damage. 1 Fire Chief Charles Brennan esti mated damage at 100.000. His left hand -waaourned when he-slipped on a service stairway between the aecond and third floors. Two other firemen wera overcome by smoke. Among the guests awakened by the telephone operator were Eat O'Brien ot the films and his wife; Cliff Du rant, son of the automobile manu facturer; and the Herbert Flelah hackera of the San Francisco bank ing family. THIEFTElNS CCC MAN'S COAT It may be that petty thieves are oftentimes Irked by guilty conscience, but It Is not very often that the conscience pricks one to the extent that he pine a note to stolen prop erty and places It carefully on the front porch of a city policeman. Officer Joe Cave has that story to tell, after his wife went to the door yesterday to find a light gray overcoat there. Included .in one of the pockets, with a pair of unre moved gloves, was a not saying: "This coat belongs to S. E. Trent; return to police station." The coat was atolen" from Trent, a CCC enrollee at Camp Evans creek, after he had left It In his car Sat urday night In front of the Natato-rlum.. U. S. SEES IN L TREATIES: Soviet Leader Norman Davis Says Action Would Lead to Insecurity. Suspicion and Competi tionNo Real Adventure By HAROLD P. BR AM AN ! (Associated Press Foreign Staff,) LONDON. Dec. 6. VP) In the flrsi public statement of United States policy since the trl-power naval con versation began, Norman H. Davis, United States ambassador-atlar(-?, a Id today that abandonment of the Washington and London naval treaties "would lead to conditions in lnae J curlty, international suspicion, and costly competition with no real ad vantage to any nation." This statement, regarded as a warn ing, to Japan, was made before the American Correspondents' associa tion at a luncheon. Heretofore, all statements on the American policy have been releasei through a delegation spokesman. Da-vis declared that "the American government stands for the continu ance" of the principles of the two treaties. , .' Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, met wjth Ambassador T&u neo Matsudaira today and urged that the Japanese explain as soon as pos sible what they intend to do afte: they denounce the Washington treaty. The British foreign secretary also suggested that If the Japanese had any new proposals to make they should do so as quickly as possible The Japanese ambassador replied that he would confer with the other mem bers of his delegation. Admiral William R. Standley of the United States explained the American building program at the lunchem. and said all construction in the United States navy, except that of alrariLtJTiex-.wA-ntlrly replace ment -work. STUART AND SONS ARE LOW BIDDERS 2 ROAD PROiECTS EXPOSITION GIANT DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS ORAYSOV, Ky.. Dec. 8. (API Jacob E. Littleton.' 35, the 7-foot-J Riant who entertained children at the Enchanted Isle of the Century of Pro gress exposition In Chicago, la dead. Littleton died suddenly yesterday at Aden, near here, at the home of his ralher-ln-law. Will Terrell. He was taken HI Monday. SLAYING YOUNG GIRL LANSING, Mich.. Dec. l.tlT) la Toy Carson, 22, a former reformatory Inmate, pleaded guilty today to a murder charge for the slaying of 12-year-old Leona Georgia Love, and waa sentenced to life Imprisonment. Less than 24 hours after the child's body was found stuffed into a cul vert. Carson made several confessions His last statement, announced by Pe tectlve Serjeant Philip K Huston of the state police, said ha shot the girl when she repulsed his advances and threatened to tell her sister. . The new dealers are getting after the public utilities quietly as well as In speeches. The PWA legal division sent around the country some time ago two model laws, urging the state leg islatures to pass them. The first was a state revenue bond act authorising municipalities to Issue bonds for sale to the PWA to obtain government funds with which to construct city power plants. A unique provision provided for repayment from the pro ceeds of the plants. Thus the bonds would not be a further burden on local taxpayer.. The second model law lessened the time limit for advertising new bond l','UM to 10 days. This was rountel on to speed construction of local power units. The two models acre sent to 30 state legislatures which will act on them this winter and from the demo crats complexion of the legislature. you cm guess how they will gener ally act. JConunued oa Paja BLij Bankers and President Are Good Friends Again ny c-!..nK A. JAGt.F.R Associated Pres Financial Editor NEW TOrtK, Dec. 6. ( AP) The mont lmprpflMve evidence thus fr that the reapprosrhmcnt between the administration and the bankers is real, arcording to some important quarters in Wall street, ti the heavy oversubucrlptlon for the treasury's new offer of bonds and notes, The fact that total subscriptions for the treasury's two new offerlnps, nseregiUlng fK0,000,000 ran to 15. ?, 00 000.000. appears to have aston ished both Washington and Wall ;reft. The drmsnd from banks, for Ut loug term government bond was said to be particularly impressive. It was only a few months ago that many banks were actively shifting their Investments In long term gov ernment bonds to short term irues. Wsll Street oankers explained: 1. Confidence in the future han improved. 2. Banks have sharply reduced their holdings 'of long term bonds, end could well expand them. S. Banks are under severe pressure to find Investments that will bring them Income, and are being forced to abandon their predeliction for l short term Issues bearing extremely low Interest rates. 4. The new 3!fc pr cent bond seemed, euiactheij priced. PORTLAND, Dec. 6. ( AP) Kern b Kibbe of Portland was the low bidder on the largest of six road projects for which bids were opened by the state highway commission to day, bidding $92,504.50 for 1.41 miles paving on 82nd street- from Clinton street to Foster road. R. I. Stuart te Sons of Med ford bid low on two Jobs, In Coos and Douglas counties. For the .34 mile paving and widening of the Golden avenue-Johnson avenue section or the Oregon Coast highway In Marsh field they bid 12.150. On the six tenths mile paving and widening oi the Roaeburg section of the Pacific highway they bid 926.914. Averlll and Phllpott of Portland bid low on construction of the Wal lace bridge over Yamhill river on the Dallas-Coast secondary highway in Polk county at $21,153, The Newport Construction com pany bid 36.673 for low on 6.58 miles .e widening, surfacing and oil mat surface treatment of a sec tlon of the Pendleton-Cold Springs highway in Umatilla county. Hank In 6c Brooks Construction company of I-acentcr. Wash., had low bid, $41,364, on the four-tenths mile grading of the Bolon Island section of the Oregon Coast highway in Douglas county. The members of the state high way commission Individually, and j as a body, committed themselves op- 1 poaed to bill-board advertising when It Interferes with scenic beauty along major roads. Looking toward widening the Pa cific highway through Gold Hill in the near future, the commission au thor led the purchase of right-of-way from the Southern Pacific com pany at that place amounting to t2327. Portland Turkey Market Perks Up PORTLAND, Dec. 6. AP)Ch offers of up to 22 cents a pound for fancy dry-picked young turkey torn snd hens was announced today by leading carload distributors for Port land delivery. Perhaps a cent less was generally available at nuntry points Tills gave a decidedly better tone to the market. Although the price Increase appeared mostly speculative, the producer Is the one who will, for the moment, rvp the bnflt. Sergei Mlronovlch Klroff, one of the nine member of the communist party's political bureau, was assas sinated at the party's committee headquarters at Leningrad. Later soviet police announced the capture of the man who fired the shot. (As lociated Press Photo. 66 ARE EXECUTED IN ASSASSINATION OF SOVIETLEADER Summary Death Dealt All But Five of 71 Persons Arrested Secrecy Cloaks Method of Execution FULL PARDON ON Li By CHARLES STEPHENSON' SMITH Associated Press Foreign Staff MOSCOW, Dec. e.-(AP) Sixty-six persons, including one women, had paid with their lives today for the assassination of Sergei Klroff, red Reader and friend of Joseph Stalin. Tho 66 were tried in Moscow and Leningrad yesterday and summarily executed. The ashes of Klroff, him self, were scaled with proletariat pomp and ceremony In the fall ot the Kremlin, The official announcement of the execution was brief. It said that a woman named Zlnalda Bullglna was among, those executed In Moscow. Just what connection the 66 had with the crime, actually committed1 by a discharged former Soviet employe, Leonid Nlcolleff, was not specified. Property Confiscated The list of the condemned showed a duplication of family names and middle names In three classes, indi cating that brothers bad been execut- Rum Czar Shows Portland Police Illegal Sellers PORTLAND, Dec. 6. ,T) Dis couraged by the inability of city police to obtain evidence of 111yVi liquor sales, Oeorge L, Sammls, administrator of the Oregon liquor control system, led a series of po lice raids here last night. Seven places were visited and 11 arrests were made. Those arrested were booked in the county Jail on disorderly conduct charges. LOSE FIRST FIGHI L OF ROGUE, SUSPECT, TAKEN BY POLICE Long Search in Wilds of Lower River Area for Hugo Mayer Ended Cap tured Without Struggle A petition asking Governor Julius L. Meier toy grant a full pardon to Al bert W. Reed, former Denver, Colo., resident serving a life term In state prison, for conviction of "the slaying of Victor Knott, Ashland policeman, j on the night of November 18, 1932, j during the burglary of a warehouse, was served late yesterday, by Attor- J ney Gus Newbury, upon District At torney George A. Codding. t Codding announced today that the granting of the pardon would be "vigorously opposed by Jackson county." The petition asks that a hearing on the granting of executive clemency bo called, at the expira tion of 20 days. Life Kccohinu'itded Reed was tried and convicted, In this county, In February, 1032, of first degree murder, with a recom mendation by the Jury of life im prisonment. He was indicted with Paul McQuade, and Lee Jackson, for first degree murder. McQuade and Jackson are fugitives from Justice. The petition for pardon is based upon the following grounds, (1) conduct of a Juror, to-wit; that a woman member of the Jury, on a Sunday, during a trial recess visited the scene of the crime In Ashland, contrary to the court's instruction; (2) that the court erred In the ad mission of evidence, to which his counsel excepted, of . a burglary in California, and evidence that stolen goods had been found in Reed's (Continued on Page fwo) . f- ( Continued fiom Page Stxi POLICE DISRUPT BEND. Ore.. Dec. 8. (AP) Stake gambled In a poker test of central Oregon mayors remained In place to day after police had laughingly play ed the final hand. , Before the police showed up to sweep the chips from the table tbe big stack sat In front of W. A, Rahn, mayor of the one-mon town of Milll- can, who had called himself Into special session to expand the city limits of his vlllnge so ho would have plenty of dPSTt, to gamble. Acalnst the acres of desert gam bled by Mllllcan, other mayors staked ghost towns, ranches, sawlogs, poti toes and, It was rumored, a mid 1st colony. But wbo won what was a mystery after police gathered up the chips and carried two mayors off to what they said was their "Just reward." The arrests were ns murh fun as the game. None of the five mayors who played got near the Jail. E TO DU PONT FIRM WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (AP) Evi dence that the Du Pont company sent a shipment of powder to Hol land In 1020 for reshlpment to China while an embargo was in effect against sending munitions to China I was received by senate Investigators , today. i This came after Senator Clark (D., Mo.) had asserted that It was not necessary for the United States to enter the world war "except to pro tect the munitions makers' profits." Also, the munitions committee was told that the state department files showed no Indication the department had suggested a conference of arms makers called by Herbert Hoover, as secretary of commerce, before the 1025 Geneva arms conference, The former president aald yester day Frank B. Kellogg, secretary of state in 1920, had suggested the con ference. During frequent clashes with wit nesses, Senator Clark told Irenee Du ont, munitions manufacturer, at one point that the latter was not "run- PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 6. (AP) A ruling of probable cause, sufficient for the removal to Oklahoma of Alvin H. Scott and Mrs. Margaret Hurtlenne his housekeeper, held on a conspiracy charge In connection with the kid naping last year of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma millionaire, was handed down today by Kenneth Frarer, Unit ed States commissioner. It was explained, however, the case must be brought now before the fed- ' eral district court here for a removal warrant. The district court, thus, i will have to review the evidence which for two days has been present ed to the United States commissioner. Federal agents testified at the hear ing that 91360 of the 9200,000 ran-1 som paid for Urschel's release was found on Scott when he was taken to a hospital early last month, and that more of the ransom notes were found In the Medford home where he lived with Mrs. Hurtlenne and his five children. Similar removal order complaints pend against Clara Zeldman, said to be the wife of Albert Bates, serving a lite sentence for Urschel's kidnaping, and Vdwaj-d Feldman, her son. The United States commissioner Is not empowered to Issue an order for removal of the defendants to Okla homa: it must be Issued by a federal Judge In this district. Upon Commissioner Fraaer's ruling today, attorneys for Scott and Mrs, Hurtlenne announced the decision would be fought In federaKcourt when the United States attorney pe titions for a warrant for removal, based on the commissioner's findings. OOLD BEACH, Ore., Dec. 8.-p) Sheriff Frits Smith of Curry county stated today that Hugo Mayer, elderly and eccentric resident of the woodtd hills of this region, had confessed to the slaying of Robert Fanta on th morning of November 6. in the wild backwoods of the Illinois river coun try. The confession, Sheriff Smith said, was made to him, Guy Forsyth, state policeman, nd Pat and Larry Lucas, who live at Agness. nlng this investigation.' 4- PIPES SETTLES E $13 Nugget Taken From J'ville Mine JACKSONVILLE. t!. . (Bpl.l Ed Penet and Walwr Wliltnr rewnl I? took a thirteen dollar nugget out of their mln. Several montns a?o thr took out a Mty-elht dollir nugget from the same mine, the larg est nufg't ever found In any mine In Vaciouvlllt. HIGGINBOTHAM CITED AS DRUNKEN DRIVER ' William A. Hlgtrinbotham, 69. of Central Point, wnn to appear at Jus tice court In Medford today on charges of driving while under the Influence of Intoxicating liquor. He was arretted last night by state police on the Pacific highway north of Med ford. State police records show that on jvpt. 1, 1M2, Hlgglnbotliam was ar j rested on the same charges. LONG OlJSTs'wALMSLEY I AS STATE PARTY HEAD BATON ROUOR. U Dee. .--TV-; Senator Hi try p. Long today had j Mayor T. flemmes Wslmsley, his Nsw j Orleans enemy, removed as chairman of the Democratic state central com : mlttee. and the senator was elected , in his place by an overwhelming mi : jorlty vote, over a vigorous piOtest Vbj tae major. A settlement out of court was ef fected this morning in the damage suit of Bertha E. Sawyer against A. W, Pipes, landlord of the Liberty build ing, The decision was reached aftsr the Jury had been drawn snd hul visited the scene of the accident upon which the suit was based, The plain tiff sought 92.300 damages. No an nouncement was made as to the amount Involved In the settlement. The plaintiff alleged in her com pUlnt that while descending the back stairs of the Liberty building one evening last February, she tripped and fell, sustaining an Injury to her foot. She allowed that the stair wry as not properly lighted and lacked -censm sareguaras. In answer to the complaint, P!p?s sxnerted the plaintiff failed to exer else proper care and the accident was due to contributory negligence, and that all proper safeguard- were pio Tided. VET SAYS REVOLT SEATTLE, Deoi . ! Volnej P Moonay, national oommander of tho Disabled American Veterans of the World War, here on a speaking tour, told Interviewers today ' that a revo lution in tha United States "Is a lot more probable than many people think." "It was western counsel for the con gressional commltteo on un-American activities recently," Mooney aald.. "And a few weeks ago, In Los Angeles. I sat In hearings In which activities of anti-American-groups were discus sed. A revolution Is a lot more prob able than many people think. "And, If you look at the alza of our standing army, you'll see what I mean when I say veterans' organiza tions would be the first line of defense." OOLD BEACH. Ore.. Dec. . fm The search for the atrango hermit of the Coast range mountains In Curry county ha ended. Hugo Mayer, elderly eccentric. sought In connection with the slay ing several weeks a?o of Robert Tantz, was captured In the wild backwoods of the Rogue river country last night and was brought to Jail hero, whera he was held by Curry county officials on suspicion of murder. Sheriff Prlts Smith Is awaiting word from Josephine county authorities, nd will take his prisoner there soon. The killing of Pantz took place In Josephine county, near the boundary line. Admits Bhnotlna. Police here aald Mayer admitted shooting Pantz, and aald h believed the man hsd been plotting against him. Mayer'a arreat ended one of tha most exciting and difficult manhunt. In this part of th country. Tor 8ft years Mayer had rangad the thou sands of acres of untracked rough terrain. He could out-travel any pur auer. Mayer was captured at his cabm. He did not seem surprised when th officers challenged him. and offered no resistance. Five deer grazed In (Continued on Page Six) 0-C CERTiFiGATES IS PORTLAND, Dec. 0. (P) Lc than two hours after a dsrlng escape from the county courthouse, where he was being examined by a psychologist and a psychiatrist, Harvey Havelock Hsn dron, 17, wm captured when ho re turned to the scene of one of his former crimes. The boy was attempting to holdup a pawnshop when two detectives found him. He h"d previously been Jalld for robbing the same place. Russia Fears Agreement Of France and Germany fly JONKPH E. BIIAKKKY A-Miclntrd Pre I orelgn Stuff (Copyright,, 1914, by the Associated Press GENEVA, Dee. fl. Alarmed at the proie:t of a close understanding be tween France and Oermany, Soviet Russia has asked France not to con clude any political accord -ith an other nation pending the fate of the projected pact of eastern European securities. Russia wan described by League of Nations sources today as fearing iso lation for herself would result from any Pranro-Oermsn pollUral accord It was understood Fraoca baa agreed not to P'-tke any special bi lateral politics' treaties without con suiting Russia beforehand. France, It was said, will continue her efforts to get both Oermany and Russia Into the proposed eastern Eu ropean seeurtle convention often called the "Eastern Locarno pact." Such a pact, In the opinion of the French s'atesmen who proposed It, would Insure peace on Oermany's eastern frontier. Russia has come to the position of giving prime Importance to the east ern part as with peace assured on her western boundary, she would be left freer to cope with the Japanese problem in ths Fa SasU - WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, (AP) The comptroller general's office said to day that certificates of settlement had been issued to all Oregon coun ties, except Linn, eligible under the California and Oregon act for land grant tax refunds for 1033. The certificates were sdit to the counties November 2?. No claim was received from Linn county, it was said. The tax refunds are based on an agreement whereby the federal gov ernment pays tho counties in sum equal to the amount the taxes would have been If the land lid remained In private ownership. BKVKRIjT JIirLS, Cnl., Dec. 5. In h legal (fnme, two Cali fornia collpgn students vrrsim United Slates supreme court, United States Bupreme court wins. Score: Court 9, Students 0. College boys get nwful smart nowadays but that old supreme court lias still got quite a bit on the ball. Speaking of colleges, I feci real sorry for lluey Ijoiif?. I believe his team was as good as Tulano's (if not better) but they didn't kick goal after touchdown. The first bill to be passed by the next sovereign state of LouiMann legislature will rend as follows: "In accor dance with and in defense of state rights, any football kick ed through goal after touch down, is null and void, unless done so by University of f,ou isiaiiA." It's the one bill that he over looked last fall. So ho has no body to blame but himself for not being in the Sugar Bowl New Year's day. 1 LltM8y"'!l!il?. .